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Lactobacillus acidophilus - Feed Ingredient
Lactobacillus acidophilus is a probiotic bacterium commonly included in equine feed and supplements to support gut microbiota balance and digestive function. It is a lactic acid-producing bacterium that naturally resides in the gastrointestinal tract and contributes to the fermentation of fiber and other dietary components.
In equine nutrition, Lactobacillus acidophilus is often used to aid in maintaining a stable microbial population, particularly during periods of stress, dietary changes, or antibiotic treatment.
The following equine feeds, supplements and products contain Lactobacillus acidophilus as an ingredient.
Feeds, Supplements & Products
Optimum Digestive Health Pellets (Mad Barn)
Optimum Digestive Health from Mad Barn is a probiotic and prebiotic supplement designed to support hindgut health in the horse. It helps to maintain a stable microflora and promote immune health.
Optimum Probiotic (Mad Barn)
Mad Barn's Optimum Probiotic is a pure 5-strain probiotic supplement in a powdered format. It provides 20 billion CFU per serving of L. acidophilus, L. fermentum, L. casei, L. plantarum, and L. farciminis.
Visceral+ (Mad Barn)
Visceral+ by Mad Barn is a pelleted supplement to be used for horses with gastric health concerns. It is designed to maintain stomach and hindgut health and to support the immune system.
Classic Finish (Quality Feeds)
Classic Finish by Quality Feeds is a textured sweet feed containing beet pulp, it is intended for breeding and performance horses.
CocoSoya Granular (Uckele)
CocoSoya Granular by Uckele is a supplement for horses that contains 29% fat levels that combines flax seed and rice bran that intends to provide an energy source to build and maintain weight.
Colt Builder Paste (DAC)
Colt Builder Paste by DAC is a bone and joint supplement formulated for foals and yearlings. Each tube provides 270 mg of manganese and 348 mg of zinc.
Combined 4-Way (Equerry’s)
Combined 4-Way by Equerry's is a powdered supplement that intends to support digestive, hoof, coat and joint health in senior or performance horses.
Combo Senior Pellets (Leg Up Equine)
Combo Senior Pellets from Leg Up Equine is a pelleted supplement for senior horses. It is meant to provide joint, hoof, skin and coat, and digestive support. It contains vitamins, minerals, and omega 3s.
Complete (Triple Crown)
Triple Crown Complete is a high-fibre feed with beet pulp and added vitamins and minerals designed for performance horses. This feed provides 12% protein and 12% fat in a textured format.
Complete Horse Pellet (Ace Hi Feeds)
Complete Horse Pellet by Ace Hi Feeds is an alfalfa-based complete feed intended for adult horses. It contains added vitamins and a blend of organic and inorganic minerals. This high fiber feed is intended for mature horses
Critical Care Metabolic Support (Natural Horse Vet)
Critical Care Metabolic Support by Natural Horse Vet is a powdered supplement intended to support horses with insulin resistance, proper weight management, and thyroid function.
DAC Colt Grower (DAC)
Colt Grower by DAC provides vitamins and minerals for young horses. A proper vitamin and mineral balance is essential for development, as well as hoof and coat quality.
Daily Combo (Empire Research)
Daily Combo from Empire Research is an equine digestion supplement. Daily Combo is formulated with vitamins, minerals, prebiotics, probiotics and yeast. This supplement is intended to support horses' gut function.
Daily Start Probiotic (Doctor’s Choice Supplements)
Daily Start Probiotic by Doctor's Choice Supplements is a pre/probiotic supplement intended to support gut health. It is designed for broodmares and horses that have difficulty keeping weight.
DailyWerks HD (HorseTech)
DailyWerks HD by HorseTech is a powdered ration balancer intended to support hoof and joint health in horses in heavy work.
DailyWerks LD (HorseTech)
DailyWerks LD by HorseTech is a daily ration balancer intended to provide hoof and joint support.
Decade Challenger – Super Bites (Poulin Grain)
Decade Challenger - Super Bites by Poulin Grain is a large-format pelleted feed intended for performance horses and broodmares. It provides 14% protein, 8% fat, and 10% fiber.
Decade Challenger (Poulin Grain)
Decade Challenger by Poulin Grain is a pelleted feed for performance horses and broodmares. It provides 14% protein, 8% fat and 10% fiber.
Decade Complete Diet (Poulin Grain)
Decade Complete Diet by Poulin Grain is a high-fiber complete pelleted feed intended for horses in light work. It provides 13% protein, 3% fat, and 17.5% fiber.
Decade Endurance Sport (Poulin Grain)
Decade Endurance Sport by Poulin Grain is a pelleted feed intended for horses in light-moderate work. It provides 12% protein, 8% fat, and 10% fiber.
Decade Race Formula (Poulin Grain)
Decade Race Formula by Poulin Grain is a high-calorie, high-protein textured feed intended for race horses. It provides 13% protein, 7% fat, and 9.5% fiber.
Decade Sprint Extreme (Poulin Grain)
Decade Sprint Extreme by Poulin Grain is a textured feed for performance horses and broodmares. It provides 13% protein, 8% fat and 10% fiber.
Decade Stable Sweet Tradition (Poulin Grain)
Decade Stable Sweet Tradition by Poulin Grain is a textured feed intended for mature active horses. It provides 13% protein, 6% fat, and 15% fiber.
Diamond Balancer (Triple Crown)
Diamond Balancer by Triple Crown is a grain-free pelleted balancer formulated for adult horses with metabolic concerns. It provides 14% protein, 3% fat, and 15% fiber (as fed).
Diamond Perform (Triple Crown)
Diamond Perform from Triple Crown is a pelleted feed that is high in fat and fiber. It is intended for performance horses and is meant to assist with gut health and immunity.
Diamond Senior (Triple Crown)
Diamond Senior by Triple Crown is a high-fat, high-fiber feed specifically formulated for senior horses. It includes beet pulp as a fermentable fiber source to support optimal calorie intake.
Diamond Smart Chopped Forage (Triple Crown)
Diamond Smart Chopped Forage by Triple Crown is an orchard and alfalfa hay blend intended to provide a complete diet for performance and mature horses. It's chopped forage format is designed to support easier chewing and swallowing.
Diamond Smart Cube (Triple Crown)
Diamond Smart Cubes by Triple Crown is a cube containing beet pulp, timothy hay and orchard hay. It is intended for performance and mature horses.
Diamond Smart Pellet (Triple Crown)
Diamond Smart Pellet by Triple Crown is a Teff hay pellet fortified with vitamins and minerals. It is intended for performance and mature horses.
Digestive Feed Additive (DAC)
Digestive Feed Additive by DAC is a powdered equine gut-health supplement designed to support overall digestive function. It includes added probiotics and yeast to promote gastrointestinal health.
Digestive Health Pellets (Formula 707)
Digestive Health Pellets from Formula 707 is a supplement intended to support digestion. It contains prebiotics and probiotics to assist with bacteria levels.
Double Play (Equi-lete)
Double Play by Equi-lete is a vitamin and mineral supplement intended to support gastric health, performance, and the growth of bone and cartilage in performance horses.
Dynamite (Dynamite)
Dynamite by Dynamite is a supplement containing high amounts of selenium (44.4 ppm), it is intended to support overall health in all performance horses.
Dynasty XT Pro 14/10 Textured Horse Feed (Blue Seal) – [Discontinued]
Blue Seal Dynasty XT Pro 14/10 is a textured horse feed made with shredded beet pulp. It provides 14% protein to support growing, performance and breeding horses.
E-Clipse’PM Pellets (MVP)
E-Clipse'PM Pellets by MVP is a supplement for horses that provides antioxidants. It contains B vitamins that intend to help support normal neurological function.
E-TEC Balancer (Poulin Grain)
E-TEC Balancer is a ration balancer pellet for horses consuming unfortified grains or forage-only diets. It is intended for horses at different stages including performance, growing, breeding and metabolic horses.
E-TEC Carb Safe (Poulin Grain)
Poulin Grain E-TEC® Carb Safe is a pelleted feed intended for horses that require lower sugar and starch content in their diet. It provides a maximum 5.5% NSC and can fed to overweight horses or those with metabolic concerns.
E-TEC Fibre-Max (Poulin Grain)
E-TEC® Fibre-Max is a high fat (14%) and high fibre (20%) feed for performance horses that require higher calorie intakes. It provides 9.3% sugar and 7.4% starch for a total NSC of 16.7%.
E-TEC One (Poulin Grain)
E-TEC One by Poulin Grain is a grain-free feed intended for all classes of horses and ponies. It provides 14% protein, 8% fat, and 18% fiber.
E-TEC Senior Low Carb (Poulin Grain)
E-TEC Senior Low Carb by Poulin Grain is a pelleted, grain- and molasses-free feed intended for senior horses that need to avoid sugars and starches. It contains 9.3% starch and 5% sugar.
E-TEC Senior Low Carb Complete (Poulin Grain)
E-TEC Senior Low Carb Complete from Poulin Grain is a senior feed that is grain and molasses free. It is meant for horses with problems chewing or hard keepers.
Eberglo Liquid (Nature’s Way)
Eberglo by Nature's Wave is a liquid vitamin and mineral supplement for mature horses. It contains water-soluble and fat-soluble vitamins as well as inorganic trace minerals.
Electro-Cell (Paste) (MVP)
Electro-Cell by MVP is a paste horse supplement that intends to provide balanced essential electrolytes for use during dehydration, heat, or stress. It contains ingredients such as glycine, calcium carbonate, and salt.
Elite Competitor Horse Feed (New Country Organics)
Elite Competitor Horse Feed by New Country Organics is a textured feed containing oats, peas, alfalfa pellets, sunflower meal, kelp, and probiotics. It is intended for horses that require higher energy and protein.
Empower Boost Horse Supplement (Nutrena)
Empower Boost is a supplement high in fat and calorie-dense intended for performance horses and hard keepers. It is ideal for gut health as prebiotics and probiotics have been added. This supplement can also be beneficial for horses prone to tying up.
Empower® Topline Balance® Ration Balancer (Nutrena)
Nutrena Empower® Topline Balance® is a concentrated ration balancer to support topline and provide common nutrients lacking in forage. It contains 30% crude protein with added limiting amino acids.
EndurExtra (Kentucky Performance Products)
EndurExtra by Kentucky Performance Products is a powdered fat supplement intended to support weight gain in hard keepers, performance horses and seniors.
Enrichment (Excel Equine)
Enrichment by Excel Equine is a specially formulated pelleted feed designed for senior horses with chronic health conditions. It contains 26% protein, 6% fiber, and 3% fat to support their unique nutritional needs.
EQ8 Gut Health (Buckeye)
EQ8 Gut Health is a textured feed intended for horses in maintenance to moderate exercise. This feed provides 20% NSC and contains calcium, prebiotics, probiotics and yeast to support digestive health.
EQ8 Performance Gut Health (Buckeye)
EQ8 Performance Gut Health is a calorie-dense extruded feed for active horses. This feed contains 20% NSC, 14% protein and 12% fat. It provides calcium, probiotics and yeast to support digestive health.
EQ8 Senior Gut Health (Buckeye)
EQ8 Senior Gut Health is a multi-textured feed formulated for geriatric horses. It provides 14% protein, 10% fat and 20% NSC. It contains calcium, prebiotics, probiotics and yeast to support digestive health.
Eqceed 14 (Tucker Milling)
Eqceed 14 by Tucker Milling is a pelleted complete feed that contains 8% fat. It is formulated for working and maintenance horses and is marketed as a low starch feed.
Eqceed Ultra Senior (Tucker Milling)
Eqceed Ultra Senior by Tucker Milling is a textured, high-fat, low-starch feed formulated specifically for senior horses. It includes shredded beet pulp and Lactobacillus, which supports gut health, and it can served as a complete replacement for hay or pasture.
Related Ingredients
- Microbial-based Additives
- Direct Fed Microbials
- Bifidobacterium animalis lactis
- Dried Lactobacillus delbrueckii
- Dried Lactobacillus salivarius
- Lactobacillus bulgaricus
- Lactobacillus equi
- Lactobacillus farciminis
- Lactobacillus plantarum
- Lactobacillus rhamnosus
- Live Bacteria
- Pediococcus acidilactici
- Probiotics
- Streptococcus thermophilus
- Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus Fermentation Extract
- Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus Fermentation product



















